(NEW YORK) -- Scientists have discovered what may have prompted early human ancestors to begin developing speech and language. As the landscape in which ancient hominids lived transformed from dense forests to open plains during the Miocene era, between 5.3 million and 16 million years ago, the transformation may have…
(NEW YORK) -- At least 15 people were killed and 24 were injured in a shooting at Charles University in Prague on Thursday, according to Prague's head of police. The suspect -- a 24-year-old student at the university -- was "eliminated," officials said. His body was found at Charles University's…
(NEW YORK) -- A massive volcano eruption in Iceland has triggered a warning from government officials that toxic gas is venting from a 2 1/2-mile-long fissure, but earlier predictions that the pollution could reach the capital have dissipated. Growing fears of the toxic plume on the Reykjanes Peninsula where the…
(NEW YORK) -- Pope Francis stunned the Catholic world on Monday by making a tweak to the Vatican policy concerning same-sex couples. Catholic priests can now bless those couples if they request it. However, the Church stressed it is not changing its views on marriage and that it believes it…
(WASHINGTON) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping told President Joe Biden directly at their recent summit that China will reunify with Taiwan, sources confirmed to ABC News. NBC News was the first to report the conversation. It was unclear whether Beijing plans to use force in its effort to reunify with Taiwan,…
(LONDON) -- Thousands of people have been forced to flee as fighting reached one of Sudan's largest cities, Wad Madani. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, commander of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group, said on social media that the RSF have taken control of Wad Madani, capital of Sudan's el-Gezira…
(KYIV, Ukraine) -- After 22 months of the all-out war against Russia, Ukraine lacks not only ammunition and long-range weapons, but also manpower. Building reserves is one of the five key tasks for Ukraine's military, Gen. Valeriy Zaluzhnyi told The Economist last month. The authorities need to expand the categories…
(KHIRBET ZANUTAH, West Bank) -- A Palestinian village school had been ransacked and a dozen houses nearby were abandoned. In some, a few belongings remained: a mattress and children's shoes. This was Khirbet Zanutah in the West Bank which has been under Israeli military occupation for decades. In late October,…
(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. is responding to the escalating crisis in the Red Sea by announcing Tuesday it has launched an international task force for maritime security, but so far only nine other politically similar nations are confirmed to have joined on -- sparking doubt that the coalition can put an…
(NEW YORK) -- A volcano that began erupting on Monday in Iceland continued to spew lava on Tuesday and was accompanied by hundreds of earthquakes across the magma flow on the country's southwestern coast, officials said. The volcanic activity in Sundhnúksgígar on the Reykjanes peninsula appeared to be diminishing, according to…
